Arriaga in Vitoria

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Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD.08360] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66064] [accessed 27 July 2024]
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Pila bautismal de la parroquia de San Vicente de Arriaga (Vitoria-Gasteiz)"
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 April 2009 by Zarateman [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vitoria_-_San_Vicente_Martir_de_Arriaga_06.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2010]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Vicente de Arriaga, en Vitoria-Gasteiz (País Vasco, España)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 19 April 2009 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vitoria_-_San_Vicente_Martir_de_Arriaga_01.jpg] [accessed 28 June 2024]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 April 2009 by Zarateman [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vitoria_-_San_Vicente_Martir_de_Arriaga_06.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2010]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07427ARR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late?), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Vicente Mártir de Arriaga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent of Saragosse
Church Notes: original Romanesque church re-built 15th-16thC; modified 18th and 19thC
Church Address: Voluntaria Entrega Kalea, 50, Arriaga Entitatea, 10, 01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava, Spain -- Tel.: +34 945 28 42 26
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Arriaga was formerly a separate hamlet N of Vitoria; it is now a 'barrio' of Vitoria-Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: La Llanada alavesa
Font Notes:
Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66064] [accessed 27 July 2024]: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de San Vicente de Arriaga. Vista frontal de una pila bautismal de estilo medieval; presenta copa lisa y pie cilindrico entre dos molduras gruesas, una arriba y otra abajo. La base es circular". Described in Bilbao (1994: 111) as a baptismal font of the late 15th century; plain basin raised over a base ornamented with upper and lower mouldings. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 526297 4746085
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.8669, -2.67806
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 52′ 0.84″ N, 2° 40′ 41.02″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, V. IV: 264
  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 111